The Fall film festival season is upon us with tons of feature length and short film screenings slated to premiere across the globe. Here in Austin, Other Worlds Austin is ramping up for their annual SciFi Film Festival with the announcement of the latest screening in their Orbiter Year-Round Series, DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY: THE TERROR OF […]
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It’s not often we get to share some incredible are and celebrate a good cause in this column, but that’s exactly what we’ll be doing today. Curated by Mucklebones, in partnership with Blacksparrow Auctions, IT’S ALIVE is an online exhibition that “celebrates The Bride of Frankenstein by presenting 80 re-imagined life-size Elsa Lanchester Bride of […]
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[Welcome back to our Collector Spotlight feature where we spotlight members of the SKC community who have dedicated their time, money and living space to amassing an awe-inspiring collection of toys, games, pencil toppers or novelty soaps. If you collect it, are proud of it and want to share it this is your chance!] Name […]
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There’s something to be said about Universal’s Classic Movie Monsters… I just don’t know what it is exactly. No, really. I’m a huge fan of those silver-screen aged gems (particularly Frankenstein, in all of his incarnations), but it’s tough to define exactly why these icons have persisted long after their creators lifetime. I’m not the […]
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WHERE: Streets of Beige [Online only] OPENING: Opening Friday, May 16th The dynamic duo over at Streets of Beige are back at it with a follow-up to their previous online art show, 16Bit BRAWL. This time around, they’ve got their sights set on… bigger things. Specifically, building-sized monsters like Godzilla, King Kong, The Monster from […]
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There is something really special about finding the little things in our fantasy-infused lives, be it an awesome coupon for a KISS bookmark in the back of comic book, unlocking a secret map or character in a game, or hell, even getting one of those toys in a cereal box. There’s also finding a really […]
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There’s something fascinating about the horror genre that makes it such a flexible subject for artists. On the one hand, horror films are about hideous monsters and disturbing psycho killer and yet, somehow, they still lend themselves to being twisted into brightly colored cartoon parodies. It’s this same creativity that German illustrator Niklas Coskan found […]
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Some of the DVD/Blu-Ray releases this week. Phantasm II (Collector’s Edition) – Shout! Factory has been killing it with these Blu-Ray Special Edition releases they’ve been putting out of cult horror films. They’ve also done awesome releases for movies like They Live and The Island and they will soon release a Blu-Ray of Ninja III: […]
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As if politics weren’t already a major monster show, LA based company Heroes in Action Toys has announced that they will be unveiling a new wave of figures in their “wacky Presidential Monsters toy line during Toy Fair 2013 next week (BOOTH # 5032) in preparation of President’s Day. Featuring art by Jason Edminston, the […]